n, Good-night!Though she saw him there like a ball of light; For she knew he had Gods time to keepAll over the world, and never could sleep. The tall, pink foxglove bowed his head;The violet courtesied and went to bed ;And good little Lucy tied up her hair,And said, on her knees, her favorite… … WE had a little friend, and we called her Mrs.Mouse, She was dressed all in silk so brown ;She lived all alone in a very little house, The finest of its size in the town. We fed her bits of bread, and we gave her crumbs of cheese, And we loved to see her bright eyes peep-ing out; She s only one,…
Children's poetry
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